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package com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.instructions.mr;

import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * This interface generalized the compiler/runtime interactions with instructions 
 * that consume inputs from distributed cache. 
 * 
 */
public interface IDistributedCacheConsumer 
{
	/**
	 * Determines if given index is only used via distributed cache. 
	 * 
	 * @param inst
	 * @param index
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean isDistCacheOnlyIndex( String inst, byte index );
	
	/**
	 * Adds all indexes that are used via distributed cache to the output. 
	 * 
	 * @param inst
	 * @param indexes
	 */
	public void addDistCacheIndex( String inst, ArrayList<Byte> indexes );
}
